Megachile monstrosa

Smith, 1868 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Megachilidae/Megachile

At a glance

Occurrence records182

Data sources7

Biological traits0

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections3

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Megachile monstrosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility182 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF182 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Megachile monstrosa is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Smith in 1868.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Megachile monstrosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type182 records

Wild obs. + sensor26

Museum / vouchered70

Other86

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO228 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 5>10 km 1

25 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor26

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 65 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence70

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	55
Museums Victorialocation not on record	10
Sydney, AU	5

3 institutions · 70 of 70 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Megachile monstrosa was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Urban bushland remnant

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.7 °C 24.7–27.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.6 °C

Max temp (day)31.0 °C 31.0–33.0

Min temp (night)18.7 °C 18.7–22.1

Precipitation14.6 mm/mo 14.6–101

Air humidity49.7 % 49.7–54.1

Moisture balance-144 mm/mo -144–-96.5

Vapour deficit1,568 Pa 1,568–1,701

Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.70–3.30

Cloud cover18.3 % 18.3–41.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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